Unscramble depressed

Definition of depressed

adjective:

• lower than previously; "the market is depressed", "prices are down". Synonyms: down.
• flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces.
• filled with melancholy and despondency; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face", "gloomy predictions", "a gloomy silence", "took a grim view of the economy", "the darkening mood", "lonely and blue in a strange city", "depressed by the loss of his job", "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face", "downcast after his defeat", "feeling discouraged and downhearted". Synonyms: blue, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited.

verb:

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her", "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her". Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down. Antonyms: elate.
• lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices". Synonyms: depress.
• cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir". Synonyms: depress, lower.
• press down; "Depress the space key". Synonyms: depress, press down.
• lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy". Synonyms: depress.

Related words

chill.

Words nearby

repressed.

Rhymes with

abreast, addressed, arrest, attest, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, brest, chest, coalesced, compressed, congest, contest, crest, detest, detest, digest.